419 scam: "Dr. Kingsley Obiora"<info51785@gmail.com> PLEASE KINDLY READ . ! .

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- kingslyo@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Kingsley Obiora" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kslyobiora@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:49:05 +0100
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY READ . ! .

From: Dr. Kingsley Obiora.
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria-(CBN).
Plot 33, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Way Central
Business District, P.M.B. 0187 Garki, Abuja,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Date:30/08/2022

Ref: CBN/FPD/0101373/22.

Attn: BENEFICIARY.

This is a reminder message regarding your compensation fund in the sum of US$10.5M (Ten Million Five hundred thousand US dollars only) approved by the Ministry of Finance. The Foreign Payment Department of CBN has been mandated by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to handle the payment of your compensation fund of the above amount. Your email contact is amongst the listed beneficiaries in the data for the sum of US$10.5M. And I have been assigned by the management of CBN to carry out the remittance of your funds into your bank account through our federal reserved bank in Atlanta, USA.

This compensation is in compliance with IMF and World bank directives to pacify victims of internet scams. On this note, I am pleased to inform you that Ref payment code numbers 8539 7578 0114 for the sum of US$10.5M have been credited in your favor and are ready for immediate transfer into your bank account. You are hereby required to re-confirm your information. Please kindly send me the following telephone and fax number and address. Upon receipt of the above requirements from you, I shall detail to you the contact of the federal reserve bank in Atlanta, USA to enable you open communication on your payment process. Note that your Ref payment code numbers are very necessary for your claim's verification.

Further instruction/directive will be sent to you on receipt of your acknowledgment of this message.

NB: Therefore, it is very important to inform you that your payment will be released to you via ATM CARD in its full value of US$10.5M.

Contact me through this e-mail: kingslyo@hotmail.com

Yours truly,
Dr. Kingsley Obiora.
Deputy Governor,
Economic Policy Directorate,
Central Bank of Nigeria-(CBN).

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